---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Authorization to Practice for Former Federal Employees and Dental Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State"
description: "Health Occupations - Authorization to Practice for Former Federal Employees and Dental Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 723"
citation: "Maryland HB 723 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80602e31-30eb-4188-b20f-00245079040b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0723?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "abee5c195a098577cee55dd6b8ab6ce8b4067b9de49e60aa2a5f3f4efc8ff814"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 723 (2025) — Health Occupations - Authorization to Practice for Former Federal Employees and Dental Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Authorization to Practice for Former Federal Employees and Dental Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_12_hb0723e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health Occupations - Authorization to Practice for Former Federal Employees and Dental Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0723e.pdf)
3. **First - State Board of Dental Examiners - Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0723f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Board of Dental Examiners - Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0723t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kerr — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-27** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-31** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-01** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 12 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80602e31-30eb-4188-b20f-00245079040b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).